I haven't been able to find an answer to this.
I have multiple files that I use regularly in excel that now have cell formats of "date". Every single cell in the entire workbook (all sheets) is now formatted as "date". The problem is that I lost my formatting for percents, numbers years, etc and now everything is converted to date (xx/xx/xxxx).
I am able to open previously saved versions of a file (prior to me having the problem) and the cells are formatted as I intend them to be (percents, numbers, general, as well as dates).
Since this has happened on a couple different files recently, I am wondering how this is happening and how do I prevent it from happening in the future. I cannot cure the problem just by highlighting the entire sheet and converting back to general because I lose all my percents and number formatting.
Example (Correct formatting):
Month Year Working Days MTD POS
Curr Rem
May 2012 22 0 1,553,549
June 2012 22 0 1,516,903
June 2011 22 0 1,555,512
June 2010 22 0 1,584,704
Example (Incorrect formatting):
Month Year Working Days MTD POS
Curr Rem
June Tuesday, July 04, 1905 Wednesday, January 04, 1900 Wednesday, January 18, 1900 213,320
July Tuesday, July 04, 1905 Wednesday, January 04, 1900 Monday, January 16, 1900 314,261
July Monday, July 03, 1905 Wednesday, January 04, 1900 Sunday, January 15, 1900 447,759
July Sunday, July 02, 1905 Wednesday, January 04, 1900 Monday, January 16, 1900 321,952
Sorry for the mess. Any suggestions?
